MATTHEW COLE: UNPAID

Schedule

Thu Jun 04 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Voce Books | Birmingham, EN

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Join us as we trace the long history of stolen wages with lecturer & writer MATTHEW COLE
About this Event

Join us as we trace the long history of stolen wages & the now ever-present scourge of algorithmic exploitation with lecturer & writer MATTHEW COLE & his powerful new personal-political Verso book UNPAID: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF WAGE THEFT.


The event will be chaired by award-winning Birmingham-based journalist, DAN CAVE.


‘An absolutely essential guide to capitalist class relations. Unpaid unflinchingly catalogues the reality of labour exploitation under capitalism, presenting Marx's most important ideas in a clear, succinct and compelling way...’ GRACE BLAKELEY, author of VULTURE CAPITALISM


MATTHEW COLE is a Lecturer on Technology, Work and Employment at the University of Sussex, researching wage theft and technological change. He is an Associate Fellow of the Oxford internet Institute working on the Fairwork Project and the Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (Digit). His work has been published in Tribune, Novara, Vice, OpenDemocracy, The Independent, Salvage, and in various academic journals.


This is one of our FUTURES events, dedicated to non-fiction books that help us to rewire our consciousness & zero in on the ideas that help shape the architecture of our collective futures.


TICKETS: £4 standard entry / £16.99 book & entry

Please book your ticket here on our Eventbrite page*


*Please note we will be unable to offer refunds on tickets when requested within 7 days of an event date.


VOCE BOOKS is located at 54-57 Allison Street, Digbeth with step-free access via BRIG Café. For further enquiries about the event, or to discuss any other access requirements please email [email protected]

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